jackson lee, look forward to this hearing. welcome to the witnesses. some icing for quite a while now. good seeing you. today set committee is examining the department of homeland security suffers to achieve border security. with the support of congress coming ths has made unprecedented efforts to better secure borders in recent years has already outlined by ranking member jackson lee's opening statement. reasonable people may disagree about the best way of disappeared worker means. we need new expensive technology you want the borders. others including me see the need for additional effect they targeted resources accompany the comprehensive order security strategy that ensures we are using taxpayer border security dollars wisely and avoiding past acquisition failures. some believe we need to return to using operational control as our matcher for border security. others including me believing neither workable nightshirt and a set of metrics that offer an accurate assessment of security of our nation's borders, both between the ports of entry. earlier t